Cell Language Theory, The: Connecting Mind And Matter

164 The Cell Language Theory: Connecting Mind and Matter

b2861 The Cell Language Theory: Connecting Mind and Matter “6x9”

The unstabilized cocked spring in b corresponds to the Franck–Condon

state harboring virtual conformons, and the stabilized cocked spring in c

corresponds to the mechanically deformed and energized state of the

enzyme harboring real conformons. The c to d transition exemplifies the

conformon-driven work processes, which in this case is charge separation

across the mitochondrial inner membrane.

The intramembrane electron-transfer reaction involved in Figure 3.29

can be described in greater detail as shown in Figure 3.46, taking into

account both the GFCP (Section 2.7) and the PMR, which Hine [181]

describes as follows:

... the mechanism of a reversible reaction is the same, in microscopic

detail (except for the direction of reaction, ...), for the reaction in one

direction as in the other under a given set of conditions. (3.58)

A close examination will reveal that the mechanism given in

Figure 3.46 obeys PMR. Please note that, in the Franck–Condon state,

(b), indicated by [...]‡, two electrons can be associated with either A or

B with an equal probability. We assume that water molecules equilibrate

rapidly within the enzyme active site, reacting with anion to form a

hydroxide ion, OH-, or with a cation to form a hydronium ion, H 3 O+,

written simply as H+.

3.4.8 The Conformon Model of Muscle Contraction

The conformon mechanism of energy transduction (Figure 3.30) was

first applied to muscle contraction in [6; Figure 6 in p. 223, reproduced

Figure 3.46 A general mechanism of redox reaction satisfying the GFCP described in

Section 2.7 and the PMR (3.54). The symbols, (...) and [...]‡, indicate the ground-state and

transition-state conformations of the enzyme active site, respectively.

(a)

(b)

(c)

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